The True Darkness (Incubation Team/???)

Hyde nodded at Hiro as soon as he mentioned something being done. " I'm trying, Just have Fa-" Hyde's words were cut off when he noticed a giant hand coming his way. It looks like Nesoi started his assault on Hyde this time. However, Jack came in and protected hyde from the blow. "Jack!" Hyde would say in a worried tuen as the flames that NEsoi spewed at Hyde washed off like an afterthought. Combined with his invested magic defenses and oki's charm protecting hyde, he didn't take too much damage this time around. However, he was worried about his comrade. "Jack...." Hyde was going to say more, but he was cut off by the words that Jack uttered to him, about being there with nilo and nilo being their brother. "....." Jack would of blamed everything on himself and hyde wouldn't of made it better. When Hyde took JAck's hand, he smiled. "Look, im also your brother! Ok?! We need to look out for each other now. But i'm about to do something pretty stupid...so..." After allowing JAck to help him up, Hyde looked at nesoi.

"I agree with simon, there were some people worth sparing, like Thesis, I guess this is a confession guys...I fought her on my way here.... and she did something to me...and wanted my body for something...to take over nesoi... I refused ....also mentioning that my entire being was made up of one half of primordial essence and.... the other half of an angel... do you get it... where the primordial half came from? I'm like them ....this thing....and yet..............I don't know. " Hyde would then look back at the group. "But.... as foolish as this seems, I didn't kill her either, I was sure she would rot away on her own... but... whatever she did to me...sapping my strength at every passing turn. " Hyde was silent for a moment, but his tone of voice was also saddening to hear. " I think this is for good.... so...this is it......for me...... but not for you guys.... ill take care of the rest... if I fall either way... then..id rather not endanger my friends....and the people who came here to risk their lives in order to save our home... I wont trample on that desire.... this is a selfish choice... but i'm making it.....This is goodbye...

"Hyde would then snap his fingers, beginning the T5 fusion spell. The first part of it was to send everyone that wasn't infected by nesoi to safety. And the second part....." I'm ready Hemera..."

Skill

Spoiler:

Jack's eyes shot open... Huh... Was it a dream? All of it? Sure felt like it? That bright flash it was... So powerful...Where... Where was he?... Who was he?... Wait. Jack. His name is Jack, all at once the events of the past year flooded back into his mind. From the day Nilo helped him with his Zipper problem out in front of the dorms, to the day of the First Ranger meeting, to that day of detention where he met Charles or latter that night when he helped Blaez with that mugging situation... The day he met Sharaku in the street, Meeting Kaz and scouting him for the Rangers...The first time he Nilo and Charles met in his shack. The day of the tower when his purpose in this life was made clear to him... the day Nilo died and the fate of a Persona user was made even more clear. Meeting Mae, and Hyde in the lunchroom only to bring Mae into the fold as a ranger. The Day at the hotsprings where Oki first graced his heart. Meeting Nagisa in the park, and Quinn in the streets... Staring contests with statues, and Vigilantism... Helping those who needed it and being attacked by those who didn't. The past year brought change.... Both things gained...

"HYDE!" and lost.

Jack scrambled to his feet and searched the stadium... it seemed... nice for a change... His eyes settled on where Hyde lay in the grass. Everyone else seemed to be there to! They made it! They all made it!"Hyde! You son of a bitch! HAHA! Why didn't you tell me you could do stuff like that!" With a happy jog Jack ran up to his sleeping friend... Though what he found odd... was Rita weeping off to the side.

"Rita... What's wrong! We won! We should be calibrating! Drinks at the youth center are on me tonight, just as soon as we get Hyde up we can start on our way home! Ya know they never show this part in the show... It's always beat the big bad and then BOOM after party heh, right Hyde?" Jack chuckled to himself as he looked at his fallen friend."H-Heh... you must be really out of it man! Y-you're out cold..." Jack knelt down and reached out to shake Hyde awake, sure that the red head was just sleeping off the massive attack, however, even with the leather of his glove separating them... Jack could feel how cold Hyde felt...

"No..." In an instant Jack tore off his helmet and tossed it aside.


"NO god damn it NO!" Jack shouted as he began to shake Hyde, hoping, praying to get some sort of response. Anything! A shift, a breath, a murmur. ANYTHING! "Hyde I swear to GOD if you died on me I will KICK YOU ASS! Now wake up!" Jack's tears flowed once again... Not that he gave them any notice... "Wake up! You bastard! Wake up! Not again! I can't! I..." Jack's sobs over took him... his body shook as he wept. "You can't leave to... I won't let you... I w- I won't..." Jack sat sobbing for a moment...

At once Jack was at his feet... his Tears dried, his face devoid of emotion. In a dull flash of Red his battalizer, his supermode, activated. He took two slow steps away from where Hyde lay and fell to his knees. Without another word, Jack let out a roar and began to drive his fist into the ground as hard as he could"GIVE HIM BACK! I KNOW YOU HAVE HIM SO GIVE HIM BACK!" Jack's shouts were probably loud enough to wake the dead... which in all honesty was probably his intent. Each punch caused a small crater no bigger then an few inches deep to form in the ground... This was what he was good for... Punching... That was all he ever contributed to these fights. Even his way of waking people up involved punching... Even as he felt his hand break and his Battelizer fade, as he felt the blood from his broken knuckles fill his glove... Jack continued to punch... Determined to punch his way back into that hell and drag Hyde back up here. Then he would punch Hyde for being such a god damned Idiot...

"Give him back.... Give him back... It's not fair... Give him back... You can't... He-he was my friend..."

"He knows this won't work..." Megazord Sighed from within Jack's mind...

"Leave him be... Sometimes a man just has to let out a few punches..." AkibaRed felt the screaming of the red rangers of past within the Red Legacy... Each of them cried out for the loss of a true hero.

Hyde would have made a fine Red Ranger.

[Unless someone stopped him... Jack ... Jack will be at this for a while...]

Things weren't going so well at this rate. Their resources were becoming ever limited as this fight kept going. But this Hyde guy, he was half Angel and Primordial? What was going on? He couldn't understand, but he would never be enlightened once he did something. Light would flash before him and it was dark, once more.


They were back. The stadium seemed to return to normal and then there was Hyde. On the ground, asleep. Joshua would crack a small smile. It looked like everyone was back in one piece. So it should be good. Right?

No. It wouldn't. The two people that were clearly familiar with the guy noticed he wasn't responding. As if he were in some deep sleep, like death. Hyde was whole. But, never would he wake again, Joshua was sure after that display of power. There's nothing he could say to either of them. What's done is done. And he would let them have their own moment for now.


Joshua had to admit, it felt surreal. As if a nightmare has subsided away suddenly.


Now that Nesoi was done for, there was only Gonea left. Whoever was dealing with her right now, if there were any, it was really going to be up to them unless they could head on over to help as well.

Blaez was completely unconscious during Hyde's sacrifice, he woke up lying on the field with no clue of what was going on, the first thing he would notice was Jack yelling... did something went wrong?Blaez tried his best to stand up quickly as possible, it wasn't easy after the beating he took but he managed to stay on his feet. His vision was a bit fussy, but eventually he understood what was going on, Hyde Mizumi was dead.

The young rogue was speechless, he simply didn't knew how to express all his feelings at the moment, he was feeling guilty that he didn't treated Hyde better when he was alive and didn't spent enough time with him, angry because he wasn't strong to be awake during the battle and sad, he just lost a great friend.

After struggling with his feelings for a while Blaez finally reacted"Damn it..."He clenched his right fist and started to cry, it was the first time he mourned for someone's death, Hyde's death was so sudden, he wasn't emotionally ready for that... for now he'd just stay far away from everyone, he needed some time alone.

It all happened so fast, the red-haired guy snapped his fingers and everything was bathe in light. After that, it was all dark and Kazuya just woke up in the middle of the fields in Standansen with everybody. The red-haired guy was there but he is not moving, he is just laying down there as if he was resting. No, he is DEAD. Kazuya's eyes widened and felt bad about the man's sacrifice. Kazuya didn't know the guy but everyone's mournings about him made Kazuya thought that he is a great guy. Kazuya is speechless and reactionless about all of this, all he can do was a sigh and turned around.

The situation wasn’t pretty when he had begun to pray and when he was done the situation remained as nightmarish as before. There was no signs of change or that he had been heard by the spirits. It looked like the only way to do things was to keep fighting until nothing was left….

Heh. Go figure, was the bitter thought that went through Hiro’s mind as cold smirk appeared on his face. He would force himself to his feet, even if his body was protesting against the movement. He would stand and prepare himself for anything. He….wasn’t going to let that girl die. No…he would stop her even if they had a half angel half demi-god being with them right--? Wait. What?

Hiro’s determination to protect Rita was completely knocked off course as the red head began to make some speech that to Hiro’s tired mind made no sense at all. He was saying he was actually one of these knuckle heads? A birth child with one parent from each side that wanted to kill each other? Talk about bad choices on the parents. And now he was telling them he had this all handled?

All Hiro could do at that moment was blink before his eyes narrowed with heavy confusion. What was this kid on about? Did all that power fry his brain or something? The question went through his head for a moment before the realization slapped him in the face…literally, in the form of light.

Unlike everyone else who had some protection against the light, Hiro who had been tainted by the beast they fought found himself backing away from it in true pain as it mingled with the darkness that still lingered within him. What the hell was that? And why did it have to be so bright and hurt?

His mind went into a whirlwind before that painful light was swallowing him up and then blackness was taking him away from the world.

…..

Some time later, he’d wake up feeling like he’d just been punched a thousand times and tired beyond belief. As he woke up groggy and grumpy, he would force himself up to his elbows as he looked around, taking note that he and the others were in a field now and that at people all around seemed to be mourning.

Rita was crying and Red was beating the ground and screaming about life being unfair as he demanded someone was given back to him. The others were either very somber or plain silent, like shock had gripped them. Hiro frowned at this. They all seemed to be okay so what was the big deal?

“…”

Red eyes scanned the area before landing on the red head that was laying at the center of them as if he was sleep; however, even a casual glance showed that his life energy was gone.

So…that is what all the fuss is about, Hiro thought as he managed to get onto his hands and knees and pushed himself to his feet. Without saying much, he would drift over to the body and kneel down by the red head. He would give the kid a quiet look before blinking sleepily as he reached over and grabbed his hands. He would carefully, fold them across his chest without a word before carefully scooping up the body in his arms and standing.

He owed this one his life and now humanity owed him too. Why was it always the good ones that were sacrificed?

Hiro remained quiet for a while longer with his back to the others before hearing the question asked. To it he would turn slightly and answer.

“Do whatever you think is best, kid. As for myself, I would like give this one a proper burial so his spirit can rests fully. With your permission I’d like to take the body with me to the proper place,” Hiro would say in a calm voice devoid of any form of hostility or hate. He was honestly just tired, but he still had this one task to do before he could finally rest...


Meanwhile, on another island, a certain green-eyed being would be happily potting some herbs until it walked outside to place the herbs in some sunlight. As the being sat the plants in the semi-light, the being would turn back to go inside when it paused and noticed something peculiar on the ground nearby. Curious, the being went over to it discovering that the thing there was a dead black bird.

A bit saddened at this, the being leaned down to pick up the bird; however, before its gloved hand reached the bird, a strange sensation would run through the being as for one second that bird became a familiar red head before reverting back to itself.

Stunned by the shock, the being remained frozen in its spot with its hand outstretched before slowly, it pulled its hand back and stood up. With pure determination in its eyes the being would make a quick clothes change before grabbing what it needed to go out. The being needed to find someone important to it at the moment at any cost.

Jack would silently punch as the others woke... His fist getting a little deeper each time. It hurt... it hurt a lot. But... he just had to keep going... By the time Sharaku approached him the hole as deep enough to fit most of Jack's forearm. Jack would stop for a moment and listen to Sharaku speak. he would listen to every word... not wanting to miss anything. "Sharaku...My... My hand hurts. It hurts a lot... The last time this happened it hurt to. I promised myself I wouldn't let that happen again, but it looks like I can't save anyone huh... I know he wouldn't want this. But I... I can't. Not again...You knew this was coming. Did... Did he chose this? Did he want this to happen?..." Jack shuttered as Rita spoke up... "I-I know... But I can't just not do anything! I... I just..."

Jack's eyes widened as Hyde began to stir. For a moment Jack looked back at the hole he had punched into the ground "No freaken way..." W-NO! No that would be stupid! Jack can't raise the dead!... At lest not anymore... legally... Jack stumbled to his feet and went to Hiro."Hi-Hiro wait, he's wakeing up! Don't burry him yet! H-Hyde, don't move! We'll get you some help, someone call an ambulance or something!"

Sharaku was being calm as usual, not that it didn't surprise Joshua at all at this point. He was always "that guy". The one with common sense despite the situation. It would normally be irritating, but maybe he was really hurting inside. Who knows? Joshua was tired at this point. But, despite this one death, no one else died in this battle. It was probably the best outcome one could ask for when fighting with a monstrosity like Nesoi. But it was still wrong.


Simon was raring to go anyway. That was already a given. But Joshua had some doubt. It's not just because she seemed genuine. At this point, he wanted some reassurance. But, that's likely too much to ask at this point. Regardless of Simon's answer, he would go.


Joshua turned his head to look at Hyde's lifeless body to see something. He was alive. Somehow. This was a miracle. It had to, after that stunt. The Persona User held Simon by his arm and helped him up on his feet, but at the same time keeping his eye glued on Hyde's figure.


Joshua was dumbfounded. The dead can't be brought back these days, right? So what was this all about? He was utterly confused and didn't know if this was really a good thing despite it looking like it. Maybe he really shouldn't be surprised anymore at this point. Ever since he got his Persona, all sorts of weird shit happen anyway.

When he saw the boy moving Blaez immediately wiped out the tears of his face and tried to recover his composure"Don't scare me off like that damn it!"He sighed trying to hold back his tears"I thought you were dead, buddy..."Blaez was trying to act tough but anyone who looked at his face would notice that his eyes were reddish.

"Let's give him some room to breath, the guy almost died back there..."He couldn't help but be happy to see Hyde moving again"That bastard..."Blaez said to himself as he waited for Hyde to stand up again.